CVE-2002-0998

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cafenews.php for CARE 2002 before beta 1.0.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and null characters in the lang parameter, which is processed by a call to the include function.

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9552.php

http://www.care2x.com/modul.php?thispage=headlines&m_titel=NEWS&m_item=Headlines&lang=en

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0128.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01242